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THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND
THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND

2015 Women's Soccer Roster

21 Leah Galton

21 Leah Galton

  • Position:
    F
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Class:
    Senior
  • High School:
    St. John Fishers Catholic
  • Hometown:
    Harrogate, England

Summary

Biography

Fourth season on the Hofstra women’s soccer roster…Enters his final collegiate season with 92 career points, which is 16 behind the program record…Her 36 total goals are also 14 off the program mark…Coming into 2015, her 36 career goals are seventh-most of any active Division I player…2014: NSCAA All-Mid-Atlantic Region First Team selection…Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year…CAA Preseason Player of the Year… All-CAA First Team selection…Eastern College Athletic Conference Second Team pick…Top Drawer Soccer-ranked 61st-best player in Division I…Started all 21 games and scored 17 goals with four assists and 38 points to earn the second straight league Player of the Year award…Tied teammate Sam Scolarici for the CAA lead in goals and fell one shy of tying Hofstra’s single-season record…Compiled 68 shots and three game-winning goals…Recorded back-to-back hat tricks versus Delaware on Oct. 26 and Towson on Nov. 2 with the later coming in the CAA Championship quarterfinals…Tallied four multi-goal games…Scored four goals and posted 15 shots in the three-game CAA Championship, including a key goal in the semifinal victory versus JMU on Nov. 7…Posted 10 shots at UNCW on Oct. 19…Scored two goals versus Saint Joseph’s on Aug. 31…Scored two goals on two shots versus Indiana State on Sept. 7…Netted game-winning goals at Elon on Sept. 26, versus Drexel on Oct. 24 and versus Towson…2013: NSCAA All-Mid-Atlantic Region First Team selection…Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year…CAA Preseason Player of the Year… All-CAA First Team selectionStarted all 19 games…Scored eight goals and tallied a league-leading 11 assists for 27 points…Assist total finished one shy of Hofstra’s single-season record set in 1994…Her point total was tied for the eighth-highest single-season number in program history…Assist total tied for 20th in Division I…Her 63 shots were second only to Sam Scolarici for the team lead…Compiled two goals and an assist for a five-point effort versus Boston College on Sept. 1…Scored the game-winning goal at Albany on Sept. 8…Finished with two assists versus Marist (Sept. 13) and at Towson (Oct. 20)…Ended the regular season with three goals in four games…Scored Hofstra’s lone goal at No. 4 Penn State on Aug. 25…2012: Colonial Athletic Association Rookie of the Year… All-CAA First Team selection…NSCAA All-Mid Atlantic First Team pick…Selected to the All-CAA Rookie Team and named to the CAA All-Tournament Team…Played in 22 games, making 21 starts…Led Hofstra  with 11 goals, 27 points and 70 shots…Finished second in the CAA in goals and points…Ranked third in CAA in shots…Registered two game-winning goals, netting the game-winners in league games against Georgia State and Delaware…Picked up first career assist (and point) against Temple on Aug. 24…Scored first collegiate goal against Colgate on Aug. 31…Scored a goal and added a season-high eight shots versus Towson on Oct. 14…Had a trio of two-goal games, notching multiple scoring strikes against Georgia State, Delaware and Northeastern in the regular season…Moved to defender in the CAA semifinals and helped the unit shutout top-seeded William & Mary at home to send the Pride to the championship game…High School: Competed in soccer, cross country and athletics at St. John Fishers Catholic High School in Harrogate, England...Helped cross country team to a national championship in 2006...Played club soccer for the Leeds United Ladies FC...Was a member of the England U15, U17 and U19 squads...Personal: Born May 24, 1994…Has two sisters...Nicknamed "Galts"...Lists Jess Enis and Lionel Messi as her favorite athletes...Names "Boy in the Striped Pajamas" as her favorite book...Exercise science major.

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Historical Player Information

  • 21

    2012Freshman

    F/M
    5'7"
    21
  • 21

    2013Sophomore

    F/M
    5'7"
    21
  • 21

    2014Junior

    F
    5'7"
    21
  • 21

    2015Senior

    F
    5'7"
    21